Prevalence and severity of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Austrian schoolchildren;Pravalenz und schweregrad von asthma bronchiale, allergischer rhinitis und atopischer dermatitis bei salzburger schulkindern

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 669-677

  Eder, Waltraud ^a   Gamper, Agnes ^a   Oberfeld, Gerd ^a   Riedler, Josef ^a  

^a Kinderspital der LKA Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Eczema; Hypertonic saline challenge; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INCIDENCE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 0032538204     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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